Abstract: The collection contains works by poet Edith Thurston Keyes and her contemporaries, and press and correspondence regarding
Keyes’ poetry activities.

creator:
Keyes, Edith Thurston

Biographical / Historical Notes

Edith Thurston Keyes was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1875 of English and French Huguenot ancestry. She took post graduate
courses in English Literature at the University of Minnesota. She was an active member of the Professional Readers Club of
Washington D.C. as well as the National Indian Auxiliary, also in Washington. In 1948 she published two books written in prose
form, The Twilight Trail and The Feather Flute. Keyes lived in San Diego for 48 years where she was an active member of the
San Diego Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, Joyous Crafters Poetry Society, San Diego Woman’s Club, Vice
President from 1947-1948 of the San Diego Women’s Press Club, and the presiding officer of the Bungalow Literary Society in
Balboa Park for 16 years. She died in 1969, with no known survivors.

Scope and Content

The collection contains papers of Edith Thurston Keyes including her poetry and poetry by her contemporaries. Loose scrapbook
pages include correspondence, newspaper clippings and ephemera regarding Edith Thurston Keyes and other poets, as well as
materials related to the groups and societies to which she belonged. Two handmade, cloth-covered scrapbooks of poetry given
to Edith Thurston Keyes as gifts are also included in the collection.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Alison Hennessey on May 7, 2012.

Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.

Poems by Frances MacFarland Bock, James Whitcomb Riley and Eugene Field, among others.

Box-folder 1:7

"Poems of Ships" scrapbook,1952

Scope and Content

Inez Arnold Campbell handmade a scrapbook titled “Poems of Ships” for Edith Thurston Keyes in 1952. The scrapbook is a compilation
of poems and illustrations relating to ships.

Box-folder 2:1

Christmas scrapbook,1955 December

Scope and Content

Inez Arnold Campbell handmade a Christmas scrapbook for Edith Thurston Keyes in 1955. The scrapbook is a compilation of poetry
and writings about the Christmas season and religion. The scrapbook includes illustrations.